Madam, - Perhaps if the Taoiseach and the Minister
for the environment met groups opposing incineration in this country
Mr Ahern wouldn't make the sort of statements quoted in your edition
of February 17th.

Firstly, thermal treatment does not necessarily
mean incineration. Incineration is an outdated technology. There are
other forms of thermal treatment which do not have the same emission
problems and do not produce dioxins. There are many examples around
the world where alternatives to the building of new incinerators have
been put in place and where moratoriums on incineration have been
introduced. If Mr Ahern or Mr Roche would bother to answer the many
requests from interested groups for a meeting he would learn that
we have creative and modern ideas for a sustainable waste management
strategy that wouldn't destroy our children's health nor leave this
country with a legacy of environmental damage.

There is an abundance of scientific information
showing the dangers of this technology. The problem is that this Government
is determined, for whatever reason, to listen to only one side of
the argument and push through a policy that is unnecessary, unsafe
and unacceptable.